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Algeria: Chairman of business leaders’ forum resigns after denied travel abroad

The chairman of Algerian business leaders’ forum has resigned from his position few days after he was banned from leaving the country and put on a blacklist of people denied trips abroad by the army. Ali Haddad in a letter said he was quitting in order to preserve the cohesion and durability of the organization. […]

Ex-TunisAir CEO announces plans to run for next year presidential elections

Olfa Hamdi, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tunisia’s national carrier and founder of La troisième République [The Third Republic] movement, will run for the presidency during the next elections. Hamdi unveiled her plans over the weekend and presented herself as the suitable replacement of incumbent Kais Saied whose election in 2019 has harmed so […]

Kenya confronts alarming wave of gender-based violence, records over 7,000 cases

Kenya is grappling with a surge in gender-based violence, logging more than 7,100 reported cases since September 2023, according to official data. Among these are 100 documented murders of women just since August. The new figures include the story of Sarah Wambui, who was brutally attacked by her husband of 20 years. She suffered 38 […]